Rites and Reason Theatre

Rites and Reason Theatre is a theater within the Africana Studies department of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1970 by Professor George Houston Bass, and is one of the longest-running continuously producing black theaters in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/africana-studies/rites-and-reason-theatre/about-theatre|title=About the Theatre {{!}} Africana Studies|website=www.brown.edu|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> Writers for the theater have included Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Adrienne Kennedy.<ref>{{Cite book|title=African American Theatre: a Historical and Critical Analysis|last=Hay|first=Samuel A.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1994|isbn=|location=|pages=60}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mappingartsproject.org/providence/locations/rites-and-reason-theatre/|title=Mapping Arts Project – Providence » Rites and Reason Theatre|website=mappingartsproject.org|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>

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Category:Brown University

Category:Historically African-American theaters and music venues

Category:African-American theatre

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